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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

News and expert analyses
29 December 2015 by Emmanuel Sehene, Kigali
Kigali Tones Down Criticism as Rwanda Tribunal Closes As the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) closes its doors, Kigali’s assessment of its work is less critical than in the past. The virulent tone of the past is sometimes even replaced by praise, although Rwanda [...]
15 December 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Was the UN’s Rwanda Tribunal Independent? The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which has officially closed its doors and handed down its last judgment after some 20 years of work, is a bit like the United Nations that set it up after the 1994 genocide in [...]
14 December 2015 by JusticeInfo.net
Rwanda Tribunal Cuts Sentences in Last Judgment The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday handed down its last judgment, reducing on appeal the sentences of six genocide convicts. They include ex-Minister of Family Affairs Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the only w [...]
3 December 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net
Rwanda Tribunal Breaks Myth of Genocide Mastermind, says Lawyer  “Seemingly hopeless battles are the finest ones,” lawyer Raphaël Constant told the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) one day as he was arguing a defence motion for his client Théoneste Bagosora, who was portrayed [...]
2 December 2015 by Hirondelle News
Hirondelle News Agency, Covering the ICTR All the Way Throughout nearly 20 years of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which officially closed on Tuesday, its work has been covered by a small but important project of Fondation Hirondelle, the Hirondelle News Agenc [...]
1 December 2015 by JusticeInfo.net
Kigali demands Archives as Rwanda Tribunal Closes The Rwandan government repeated its demand Tuesday that the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be transferred to Rwanda. This came at an official closing ceremony of the Tribunal, which is charged wi [...]
30 November 2015 by JusticeInfo.net
Eight Genocide Suspects still “At Large” as Rwanda Tribunal Closes As the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) closes its doors this December, eight of the 93 people it indicted are still on the run, including rich businessman Félicien Kabuga, whom the Prosecutor presents as the fina [...]
30 November 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza
HISTORIC DECISIONS OF THE ICTR After 20 years, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is officially closing on December 1, although one Appeals decision on the so-called "Butare" case remains outstanding. It is expected on December 14. Below are [...]
30 November 2015 by JusticeInfo.net
Rwanda Tribunal Shows “Impunity is Not an Option" Human Rights Watch (HRW) was in the forefront of NGOs pushing for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which  officially closes its doors on December 1. Géraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, international justice advocacy [...]
21 October 2015 by JusticeInfo.Net
RWANDA EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL STOPS JUSTICE FOR CRIMES IN CONGO, SAYS LAWYER In October 2010, the United Nations published its “mapping” report on crimes committed in the former Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This dense and detailed report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights looks [...]
20 August 2015 by AFP
FRENCH PROSECUTORS WANT TO DROP CASE TRANSFERRED BY ICTR After 20 years of investigations, Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they had asked for the case against a Rwandan Catholic priest accused of genocide to be thrown out.  The case of Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka was transferred to Fr [...]
14 July 2015 by Emmanuel Sehene
Procedure Could Overturn Suspect Transfer to Rwanda Should the transfer to Kigali of the first suspect from the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be overturned? Procedures have been under way since May before the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals ( [...]
5 June 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza
Mission Partly Accomplished for Rwanda Tribunal The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is set to close its doors this year after pronouncing judgment in its last Appeals trial. Whilst this UN body’s contribution to the fight against impunity is not in question, o [...]
28 May 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.net
Rape as a Weapon of War and the Search for Justice “It’s truly alarming that in conflicts today there is such huge incidence of sexual violence against women, and that in fact they are targeted for rape, sexual violence, destruction of the other group,” says Navanethem Pillay, for [...]
27 May 2015 by Julia Crawford
Mixed View of Rwanda Tribunal as it Prepares to Close The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is set to close its doors this year after pronouncing judgment in its last Appeals trial. Whilst this UN body’s contribution to the fight against impunity is not in question, o [...]